Splash authentication credentials potentially leaked to target websites in scrapy-splash
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Scrapy-splash is a library which provides Scrapy and JavaScript integration. In affected versions users who use [`HttpAuthMiddleware`](http://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/downloader-middleware.html#module-scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth) (i.e. the `http_user` and `http_pass` spider attributes) for Splash authentication will have any non-Splash request expose your credentials to the request target. This includes `robots.txt` requests sent by Scrapy when the `ROBOTSTXT_OBEY` setting is set to `True`. Upgrade to scrapy-splash 0.8.0 and use the new `SPLASH_USER` and `SPLASH_PASS` settings instead to set your Splash authentication credentials safely. If you cannot upgrade, set your Splash request credentials on a per-request basis, [using the `splash_headers` request parameter](https://github.com/scrapy-plugins/scrapy-splash/tree/0.8.x#http-basic-auth), instead of defining them globally using the [`HttpAuthMiddleware`](http://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/downloader-middleware.html#module-scrapy.downloadermiddlewares.httpauth). Alternatively, make sure all your requests go through Splash. That includes disabling the [robots.txt middleware](https://docs.scrapy.org/en/latest/topics/downloader-middleware.html#topics-dlmw-robots).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scrapy-plugins | scrapy-splash | before 0.8.0 | 0.8.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | scrapy-splash (PyPI) | before 0.8.0 | 0.8.0 | Patch available | GHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74 |
- scrapy-splash Vendorscrapy-plugins Affected before 0.8.0 Fixed in 0.8.0 Patch available CNA
- scrapy-splash (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.8.0 Fixed in 0.8.0 Patch available GHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74
Remediation
- Fix · CNA scrapy-splash (scrapy-plugins) Fixed in 0.8.0
- Fix · GHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74 scrapy-splash (PyPI) Fixed in 0.8.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-41124
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74
References
Patch 1
Advisory 2
Sources
- CVE-2021-41124 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-41124 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-823f-cwm9-4g74 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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